▷ [Urgent Search] Planning Engineer – Statewide Renewals (Return to work opportunity)

Overview

Looking to reignite your career after a break while keeping life in balance? Water Corporation’s Return to Work program is designed to help you do just that. Whether you've stepped away to care for family, support others, or pursue personal goals, this initiative offers the flexibility and support you need to confidently re-enter the workforce. This role is part of the Return to Work program, giving priority to those who’ve had a career break of one year or more, and offering a meaningful pathway back into a thriving professional environment.

About the opportunity

We have a permanent opportunity for a Planning Engineer in our Statewide Renewals team to provide a recommendations for prioritised asset replacement, based on asset condition, asset risk and levels of service for both Metro and Regional Areas. Whether you're experienced in asset management, project management or planning in any field and want to contribute to making WA a great place to work and live then consider this great role working with a high performing team. This role is based in our Leederville office reporting to our Team Leader - Statewide Renewals.

Who are we?

When you join Water Corporation, you play an important role for the people of WA. Our services are essential for life - everyday, millions of Western Australians rely on us to deliver and manage water across our state. If you’re driven to make a meaningful contribution, you’ve come to the right place.

Real benefits that matter

- Real flexibility with options to work from home and flexible hours.
- Two wellbeing days each year to do whatever you need to do to feel good
- Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
- Generous co-contribution superannuation scheme, which offers up to 16%. This includes a 12% standard employer contribution, plus an additional 2% employer co-contribution that matches your own 2% contribution.
- Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and ceremonial leave of up to 5 days so you can maintain your cultural connection and wellbeing.

Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.

What the role will involve

- Contribute to an integrated planning approach across the business to enable decisions around timing and scope of investment, management of risk and customer service levels
- Translation of asset management objectives into plans for investment to achieve an optimal balance between cost and risk and the specified level of service
- Improving the “Asset Class Management Plans” that integrate planning, maintenance, and delivery requirements
- Manage the asset condition assessment program for scope and cost within an asset portfolio
- Develop investment programs, business cases and projects with deliverables that mitigate risk and meet the investment objectives
- Scope and specify capital projects and work packages to enable service providers to meet relevant asset portfolio investment objectives

Your skills and experience

A career gap should not be a barrier to achieve your professional aspirations. Our Return to Work program is designed to identify and acknowledge your previous skills and experiences, and help you build new ones. We would love if you have the following expertise to optimise our team performance.

- A degree or diploma qualification in an engineering discipline or a related field
- Proven experience in asset management or in the planning, design, acquisition, or operational delivery of asset investment programs
- A background in planning for water, wastewater, or drainage infrastructure (highly desirable).
- Strong ability to build and foster positive, collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders
- Willingness to travel as required to observe asset management issues and connect with regional teams to maintain stakeholder relationships

Sound like a match? Apply today

If you are ready to return to work and actively looking for your next challenge, this could be it. Submit your application with a cover letter and we will get in touch with you.

Interested to learn more about our program? Register to join our webinar on 29 October

Applications close Sunday 2 November 2025

As part of the recruitment process you will be required to complete Pre-Employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.

We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date.

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace

Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.

Applicants with disability who require adjustments, or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, can contact a Recruitment Officer at recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 9420 2000.

To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website

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